With Reagan Morreale getting a hat trick, the Salado Lady Eagles shut out the Taylor Lady Ducks in the first round of the 4A girls soccer playoffs March 23. Salado will play Canyon Lake in the area round game next week.

A shot that just slipped through the hands of senior goalkeeper Sam Isbell at 85:25 in the Salado Lady Eagles semi-final game against the Jasper Lady Dawgs April 13 at Georgetown’s Birkelbach field was enough to give the Lady Dawgs the 1-0 win.

State tournament has two returning teams, including Kennedale as defending state champ Salado Lady Eagles will face the Jasper Lady Dogs (22-3-1) in the 4A girls soccer state semi-finals at 11 a.m. April 13 at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown after beating Boerne 3-1 in the Region IV finals on April 9.

Reported by Jamie Oyler Katey Ewton took a cross shot from Tyler Pierce and put it in the net with less than five minutes left in the Regional Finals April 9 to put the Lady Eagles lead out of reach for Boerne, winning 3-1 to earn Salado’s first berth in the State Soccer Tournament.

To get back to the Region IV tournament where they saw their playoff run end last year, Salado Lady Eagles had to get through the #1 Giddings Lady Buffs on April 5, beating them 2-1 at House Park in Austin.